The crooked stovepipe
Athapaskan fiddle music and square dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada
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Author
Publication
1993 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
58,500 words, Guess
Page Count
234 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1732195M
- ISBN-100252019962
- OCLC Control Number26810411
- OCLC Control Numbercrookedstovepipe00mish
- Library of Congress Control Number92036827
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- Goodreads2253309
Classifications
- DDC781.62/972
- LCCML3557 .M6 1993
Description
"Named for a popular local fiddle tune, The Crooked Stovepipe is a rollicking, detailed, first-ever study of the indigenous fiddle music and social dancing enjoyed by the Gwich'in Athapaskan Indians and other tribal groups in northeast Alaska, the Yukon, and the northwest territories. Though the music has obvious roots in the British Isles, French Canada, and the American South, the Gwich'in have used it in shaping their own aesthetic, which is apparent in their choice of fiddle tunings, bowing techniques, foot clogging, and a distinctively stratified tune repertoire." "Craig Mishler treats this rural subarctic artistic tradition as a distinctive regional style akin to Cajun, bluegrass, or string-band music. He uses convergence theory as the framework for showing how this aesthetic came about. His skillful use of personal anecdotes, interviews, music examples, dance diagrams, and photographs will appeal to general readers interested in folk music and dance, as well as to specialists."--Jacket.
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Series Statement
- Music in American life
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- The crooked stovepipe: Athapaskan fiddle music and square dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada
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